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Webster 1913 Edition

Fundamental

Funˊda-men′tal

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
fondamental
.]
Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.
Hence:
Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary;
as, a
fundamental
truth; a
fundamental
axiom.
The
fundamental
reasons of this war.
Shakespeare
Some
fundamental
antithesis in nature.
Whewell.
Fundamental bass
(Mus.)
,
the root note of a chord; a bass formed of the roots or fundamental tones of the chords.
–
Fundamental chord
(Mus.)
,
a chord, the lowest tone of which is its root.
–
Fundamental colors
,
red, green, and violet-blue. See
Primary colors
, under
Color
.

Fun′da-menˊtal

,
Noun.
A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; essential part,
as, the
fundamentals
of the Christian faith
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fundamental

FUNDAMENT'AL

,
Adj.
Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation. Hence, essential; important; as a fundamental truth or principle; a fundamental law; a fundamental sound or chord in music.

FUNDAMENT'AL

,
Noun.
A leading or primary principle, rule, law or article, which serves as the ground work of a system; essential part; as the fundamentals of the christian faith.

Definition 2024

fundamental

fundamental

English

Noun

fundamental ‎(plural fundamentals)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) A leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article, which serves as the groundwork of a system; an essential part
    one of the fundamentals of linear algebra

Translations

a leading or primary principle, rule, law, or article

Adjective

fundamental ‎(comparative more fundamental, superlative most fundamental)

  1. Pertaining to the foundation or basis; serving for the foundation.
  2. Essential, as an element, principle, or law; important; original; elementary.
    a fundamental truth;   a fundamental axiom‎
    A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.‎
    • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
      Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […].  Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […]  But the scandals kept coming, […]. A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.

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Danish

Etymology

From fundament +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔndaməntaːl/, [fɔnd̥amənˈtˢæːˀl]

Adjective

fundamental

  1. basic, fundamental

Inflection

Inflection of fundamental
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular fundamental — —2
Neuter singular fundamentalt — —2
Plural fundamentale — —2
Definite attributive1 fundamentale — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Galician

Adjective

fundamental m, f (plural fundamentais)

  1. fundamental

German

Etymology

From Latin fundāmentālis. Fundament +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʊndamɛnˈtaːl]

Adjective

fundamental ‎(comparative fundamentaler, superlative am fundamentalsten)

  1. fundamental

Declension

Comparative forms of fundamental
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist fundamentaler sie ist fundamentaler es ist fundamentaler sie sind fundamentaler
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative fundamentalerer fundamentalere fundamentaleres fundamentalere
genitive fundamentaleren fundamentalerer fundamentaleren fundamentalerer
dative fundamentalerem fundamentalerer fundamentalerem fundamentaleren
accusative fundamentaleren fundamentalere fundamentaleres fundamentalere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der fundamentalere die fundamentalere das fundamentalere die fundamentaleren
genitive des fundamentaleren der fundamentaleren des fundamentaleren der fundamentaleren
dative dem fundamentaleren der fundamentaleren dem fundamentaleren den fundamentaleren
accusative den fundamentaleren die fundamentalere das fundamentalere die fundamentaleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein fundamentalerer eine fundamentalere ein fundamentaleres (keine) fundamentaleren
genitive eines fundamentaleren einer fundamentaleren eines fundamentaleren (keiner) fundamentaleren
dative einem fundamentaleren einer fundamentaleren einem fundamentaleren (keinen) fundamentaleren
accusative einen fundamentaleren eine fundamentalere ein fundamentaleres (keine) fundamentaleren

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌfũ.da.mẽ.ˈtaw/, /fũ.ˌda.mẽ.ˈtaw/

Adjective

fundamental m, f ‎(plural fundamentais, comparable)

  1. fundamental; essential (pertaining to the basic part or notion of something)

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Romanian

Etymology

From French fondamental, from Latin fundamentalis

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌfun.da.menˈtal/

Adjective

fundamental m, n ‎(feminine singular fundamentală, masculine plural fundamentali, feminine and neuter plural fundamentale)

  1. fundamental

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Spanish

Adjective

fundamental m, f ‎(plural fundamentales)

  1. fundamental

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Etymology

From Late Latin fundamentalis, from Latin fundamentum ‎(“foundation”), from fundare ‎(“to lay the foundation (of something), to found”), from fundus ‎(“bottom”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-mn.

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